The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

by Bridgett M. Davis

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As seen on the Today Show: This true story of an unforgettable mother, her devoted daughter, and their life in the Detroit numbers of the 1960s and 1970s highlights the outstanding humanity of black America (James McBride).
In 1958, the very same year that an unknown songwriter named Berry Gordy borrowed $800 to found Motown Records, a pretty young mother from Nashville, Tennessee, borrowed $100 from her brother to run a numbers racket...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0316558737

ISBN13:9780316558730

Release Date:January 2019

Publisher:Little Brown and Company

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.26 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Community Support Mother-Daughter Relationships The Civil Rights Movement Biography Memoir Family Bonds Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History

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